Gwari language

Gwari
Gwari
Native to	Nigeria.
Region	Abuja, Kaduna State, Niger State, and Nasarawa State.
Ethnicity	Gbagyi people
Native speakers	(700,000 Gbagyi cited 1991); 350,000 Gbari (2002)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger noi Nupoid Gbagyi Gwari; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; gbr – Gbagyi; gby – Gbari
Glottolog	gbag1256

Gwari is a Nupoid language spoken by the Gbagyi people, which make up over a million people in Nigeria. There are two principal varieties, Gbari (West Gwari) and Gbagyi (East Gwari), which have some difficulty in communication; sociolinguistically they are distinct languages.

Varieties[]

Gbagye is also known as Gwari-Matai or Gwarin Ngenge, which are recently adopted cover terms.^[2]

There are two separate Gbagyi groups living in:^[2]

Minna and (more prominent group)
around Diko, northeast of Suleja

Gbagye is the only Nupoid language that has the bilabial implosive /ɓ/.^[2]

Gbagyi (also known as Gwari) is a cover term for all the Gbari-speaking peoples, and includes many varieties.^[2]

Gbari-Yama is a cover term used for all southern Gbari dialects. There are two closely related dialects, which are:^[2]

Shigokpna
Zubakpna

Gbedegi is an extinct language (possibly a Nupe dialect) spoken near Mokwa (Nadel 1941).^[2]

References[]

^ Gbagyi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Gbari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list.

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[e18-1] Gbagyi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Gbari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Blench2013-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list.

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